by Emma Menzies | Jul 20, 2024
I never thought I would do IVF. I never thought I would need to. I definitely never thought I would do IVF over and over and over again. I never thought I would need to. I never thought I would want something enough, to put myself through so much....
by Emma Menzies | May 14, 2024
I experienced pregnancy envy multiply times on my fertility journey. But one example really stands out. My story of pregnancy envy I still remember it as one of the worst days on my fertility journey. It was the due date of the twins I had miscarried on Christmas Day...
by Emma Menzies | Apr 24, 2024
There’s currently no legal obligation to proactively support employees experiencing fertility challenges. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t make good moral and commercial sense to do it. Doing so can positively impact the quality of life of those who are struggling,...
by Emma Menzies | Mar 8, 2024
There’s the “motherhood penalty”. And there’s the equally valid, but less acknowledged, “struggling to become a mother penalty”. The focus of this blog is the latter. But it has inextricable links to the former, as I allude to below. Talented, high...
by Emma Menzies | Mar 6, 2024
It’s that day again. The one that many women dread when they’re struggling to become the mother they long to be. That intensifies their pain, draws attention to their loneliness, has them questioning their value, and leaves them wishing they could disappear until it’s...
